THE CAUSE OF CANCER
RESEARCH WORKERS’ OPINION CHEMICAL CHANGE IN BODY ' LONDON, Sept 28. (Received Sept. 29, at 10 p.m.) Chosen from cancer reseal dr workers from 45 countries to receive the first international prize of £350 and radium worth £3OO, Professors E. L. Kennaway and J. W. Cook, of the Royal Cancer Hospital, London, stated that they thought cancer was caused by a chemical change in the body, and not by a living organism. “We have converted some normal constituents of the body into cancer producing productions, and we have reached a working hypothesis that the disease may be caused by a biochemical process taking the wrong turning and creating a product which acts on the cells and forms cancer. If we could find why, we would then probably prevent it.” Both hastened to warn that no cure had been found.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22999, 30 September 1936, Page 9
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